RPT-CHRONOLOGY-Key dates in ASEAN history
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SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - After two years of haggling, leaders of the 40-year old Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to sign a charter on Tuesday that will give the grouping a legal identity and an economic blueprint that aims to create an EU-style free-trade bloc. [ID:nSIN39025]
Below are some important milestones in ASEAN's four-decade history.
August 1967 - ASEAN was established in Bangkok at the height of the Vietnam War by the five original member countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
February 1976 - First ASEAN Summit convenes in Bali, Indonesia
September 1978 - First ASEAN-European Economic Community ministerial meeting held in Brussels
January 1984 - Brunei joins ASEAN
1994 - ASEAN establishes the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which is focused on security interdependence in the Asia-Pacific region. Besides ASEAN member states, the present participants include Australia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Russian Federation and the United States.
July 1995 - Vietnam joins ASEAN
July 1997 - Laos and Myanmar join ASEAN
December 1997 - First meeting of ASEAN Plus Three, comprising leaders of the 10 ASEAN members and their counterparts from East Asia -- China, Japan and South Korea
December 1997 - First ASEAN-China Summit convenes in Malaysia
April 1999 - Cambodia joins ASEAN
December 2005 - First meeting of the ASEAN Plus Six, also called the East Asia Summit, comprising the ASEAN countries plus China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
November 20, 2007 - ASEAN signs charter giving its 10 member states a legal identity, a first step towards its aim of a free trade area by 2015
For a factbox on the main declarations of the ASEAN charter, double-click on [ID:nSP298177].
Sources: ASEAN web site
(Reporting by Singapore newsroom)
SINGAPORE, Nov 20 (Reuters) - After two years of haggling, leaders of the 40-year old Association of South East Asian Nations (ASEAN) are set to sign a charter on Tuesday that will give the grouping a legal identity and an economic blueprint that aims to create an EU-style free-trade bloc. [ID:nSIN39025]
Below are some important milestones in ASEAN's four-decade history.
August 1967 - ASEAN was established in Bangkok at the height of the Vietnam War by the five original member countries: Indonesia, Malaysia, Philippines, Singapore and Thailand
February 1976 - First ASEAN Summit convenes in Bali, Indonesia
September 1978 - First ASEAN-European Economic Community ministerial meeting held in Brussels
January 1984 - Brunei joins ASEAN
1994 - ASEAN establishes the ASEAN Regional Forum (ARF), which is focused on security interdependence in the Asia-Pacific region. Besides ASEAN member states, the present participants include Australia, Canada, China, European Union, India, Japan, South Korea, North Korea, Mongolia, New Zealand, Pakistan, Papua New Guinea, the Russian Federation and the United States.
July 1995 - Vietnam joins ASEAN
July 1997 - Laos and Myanmar join ASEAN
December 1997 - First meeting of ASEAN Plus Three, comprising leaders of the 10 ASEAN members and their counterparts from East Asia -- China, Japan and South Korea
December 1997 - First ASEAN-China Summit convenes in Malaysia
April 1999 - Cambodia joins ASEAN
December 2005 - First meeting of the ASEAN Plus Six, also called the East Asia Summit, comprising the ASEAN countries plus China, Japan, South Korea, India, Australia and New Zealand.
November 20, 2007 - ASEAN signs charter giving its 10 member states a legal identity, a first step towards its aim of a free trade area by 2015
For a factbox on the main declarations of the ASEAN charter, double-click on [ID:nSP298177].
Sources: ASEAN web site
(Reporting by Singapore newsroom)
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